Department for Communities and Local Government

Sleeping Rough: Greater London

the lord bishop of st albans: To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the finding of the APPG on Homelessness that, between January and March, 11per cent of rough sleepers in London were care leavers; andwhat assessmentthey havemade of the quality of housing support provision for care leavers.

the lord bishop of st albans: To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment theyhave madeofthe finding of the APPG on Homelessness that, between January and March, 37per cent of rough sleepers in London had experience of being in prison; andwhat assessment they have made of housing support provision for ex-offenders.

lord bourne of aberystwyth: One person sleeping rough is one too many and this Government is determined to do something about this.At Autumn Budget 2017, the Government announced £28 million of funding to pilot the Housing First approach for some of the country’s most entrenched rough sleepers. We also announced that we will be providing £20 million of additional funding for schemes that will enable better access to the private rented sector for those who are homeless or sleeping rough or at risk, including specialist groups such as care leavers and ex-offenders. We will be engaging with relevant departments as we develop these proposals.This action builds on wider action that we have taken to achieve our manifesto commitment of halving rough sleeping by 2022 and eliminating it altogether by 2027. This includes:establishing the Rough Sleeping and Homelessness Reduction Taskforce, to drive forward the implementation of a cross-Government strategy;allocating over £1 billion to prevent homelessness and rough sleeping through to 2020; andimplementing the most ambitious legislative reform in this area in decades, the Homelessness Reduction Act, which will mean people will receive the help they need sooner.

Homelessness

baroness kennedy of cradley: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of people who are homeless in England.

lord bourne of aberystwyth: One person without a roof over their head is one too many and we are taking a number of actions to prevent and reduce homelessness and rough sleeping. This includes:implementing the most ambitious legislative reform in this area in decades, the Homelessness Reduction Act, which will mean children and their families will get the help they need sooner;establishing the Rough Sleeping and Homelessness Reduction Taskforce, to drive forward the implementation of a cross-Government strategy; andallocating over £1 billion to prevent homelessness and rough sleeping through to 2020.As of September 2017, the latest homelessness data available, there were 15,290 household accepted as homeless and 79,190 living in Temporary Accommodation.The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government publishes regular statistics on homelessness and rough sleeping which are published at national, London and local authority level. The latest statistics can be found at:https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics. 



Statistical Release July to Sept 17- HL4407
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